Abstract Background Numerous laboratory and fewer field-based studies have found that ixodid ticks develop more quickly survive better at temperatures between 18 °C 26 relative humidity (RH) 75 94%. Ixodes anatis Chilton, 1904, is an endophilic, nidicolous species endemic to North Island brown kiwi ( Apteryx mantelli ) (NIBK) the tokoeka australis ), little known about environmental conditions ...

Actinidia arguta (Siebold and Zucc.) Planch.ex Miq, called “hardy kiwifruit”, “baby kiwi” or “kiwi berry”, has a unique taste, is rich in nutrients high economic value broad market prospects. Active research on the potential geographic distribution of A. China aims to provide reference basis for its resource investigation, conservation, development utilization introduction cultivation. In this ...

The physical, biochemical, and immunological characteristics of plant allergens have been widely studied, but no definite conclusion has been reached about what actually makes a protein an allergen. In this sense, N-glycosylation is an exclusive characteristic of plant allergens not present in mammals and it could be implied in allergenic sensitization. With this aim, we evaluated and compared ...

Direct and dendrographic comparison of the profiles of abundant fatty acids in depot fat was unable to separate 10 avian species on a basis of their overall proportions but was able to distinguish broad dietary groups or those in a habitat with distinctive nutritional characteristics such as avian marine carnivores. In all species considered, including North Island brown kiwi (Apteryx mantelli)...

The size and shape of the managed area for a threatened species to have a stable or growing population is a central issue for conservation management, for example for kiwi, Apteryx sp. Combining geometric probability results for retention of juveniles to breed in the protected area with a standard matrix population model allows the creation of an explicit relationship between the minimum area n...

Fruits and vegetables are known to possess health benefits: indeed, they contain a large number of bioactive molecules with a positive impact on human health. Dietary proteins possess specific biological properties which make these components potential ingredients of functional or health-promoting foods. Many of these properties are attributed to physiologically-active peptides encrypted in pro...

Studies on language-trained bonobos have revealed their remarkable abilities in representational and communication tasks. Surprisingly, however, corresponding research into their natural communication has largely been neglected. We address this issue with a first playback study on the natural vocal behaviour of bonobos. Bonobos produce five acoustically distinct call types when finding food, wh...

Using quasiconformal surgery, we prove that any primitive, postcritically-finite hyperbolic polynomial can be tuned with an arbitrary generalized non-escaping critical points, generalizing a result of Douady-Hubbard for quadratic polynomials to the case higher degree polynomials. This solves affirmatively conjecture by Inou and Kiwi on surjectivity renormalization operator in one complex variab...

Monitoring breeding outcomes of cryptic nocturnal species such as the North Island brown kiwi (Apteryx mantelli) is an important aim for conservation management in New Zealand. While fitting male with radio transmitters enables incubation burrows to be found and monitored, it invasive expensive. Remote monitoring methods (without handling birds) are preferable.